G/SPS/N/MAR/88  
26 October  2022 
(22-8027) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MOROCCO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires , 
ONSSA (National Office for Food Safety)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Edible salt  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Projet de décret relatif à la qualité et à la sécurité 
sanitaire du sel alimentaire  (Draft Decree on the quality and safety of edible s alt) 
Language(s) : French Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/MAR/22_7123_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : In view of the development of the edible salt market, 
particularly the emergence of new types of salt such as low -sodium and seasoning salt, 
technological diff iculties linked to the iodization of fleur de sel  and coarse salt and the 
implementation of the decisions of the Ministry of Health to establish as a widespread 
practice the iodization of salt used as an ingredient in locally produced or imported food 
products, it was considered necessary to revise the existing regulations.  
The main objectives of this draft Decree are as follows:  
- Define certain categories of salt placed on the market, such as salt intended for industry, 
seasoning salt, low -sodium salt, fleur de sel  and coarse salt;  
- Establish the specific requirements for fleur de sel  and coarse salt;  
- Provide for the mandatory iodization of salt intended both for direct sale to the consumer 
and for the food industry, with the exception of fleur de sel  and coarse salt;  
- Provide for the mandatory iodization of edible salt used as an ingredient in imported 
processed food products;  
- Eliminate the requirement concerning the indication of iodine content on labelling;  
- Clearly lay out the labelling and packaging requirements for edible salt;  
- Set out in the Annex to the notified draft Decree the model of the logo indicating iodized 
salt. 
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MAR/88  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX S TAN 150 -1985 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Ye s [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
internatio nal standard:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [X] Six months from date of publication, 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): The notified Decree will enter into force six months from the date 
of its publication in the Official Journal.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 05 37 67 65 11/13 , Mobile : (+212) 6 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 05 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov .ma 
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 05 37 67 65 11/13 , Mobile : (+212) 6 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 05 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma